I was deeply moved on learning of this brilliant, profound and ultimately humanitarian enterprise. It does the UK proud. I hope the US and others will follow suit.
Professor E.O. Wilson to Professor Ghillean Prance, Chairman of MEMO
21st January 2009
The Royal Society, in full, ‘The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge’, is the UK’s independent academy of science. Founded in 1660 after a lecture by Christopher Wren, it is the oldest body of its kind to have been in continuous existence anywhere in the world.
In July 2008, the Royal Society Board voted unanimously to endorse the MEMO project officially.
More information is available on The Royal Society website.
Baiji – Yangtze River Dolphin
(Photo: Dr. Sam Turvey)
With the Holocene Extinction Event we are currently witnessing the most rapid species decline in the Earth's history.
These are examples of large, photogenic and memorable species; current estimates are that half of all species will become extinct within a century.